Law Enforcement

Sexual predator who reportedly attacks women near Arleta High School sought
A man described by police as a sexual predator is being sought for two attempted kidnappings and multiple counts of lewd behavior near Arleta High School, the LAPD said Tuesday. Police said at least nine separate incidents took place between January 2011 and last month. Many of the incidents occurred near Arleta High School, which isn't far from Beachy Elementary School.
Los Angeles Daily News

Police probe 3 different killings
Police on Monday were investigating the weekend killings of three men in the South Bay and Harbor Area. One man was slain in a Harbor City strip club, another man in an alley near Carson and a third on a Hawthorne street. The victim killed at 1:50a.m Sunday at the Fantasy Gold Club, 1612 E. Pacific Coast Highway, was identified as Keyon Felton Kiles, a 27-year-old Long Beach resident. Police said the shooting followed a dispute inside the club.
Torrance Daily Breeze

Chatsworth home defaced with swastikas
The Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Division is investigating the anti-Semitic vandalism of a Chatsworth home on Tuesday morning as a hate crime. Three swastikas and the word "Jew" were written in maple syrup on the home's front walkway. Feces were also found near the home's front door and toilet paper was strewn in the property's trees, according to the homeowner.
Jewish Journal

The stragglers of Park Center
When the Los Angeles Police Department moved into a gleaming $440 million headquarters building in October 2009, some 1,800 cops were more than happy to ditch Parker Center, their dilapidated, earthquake-damaged former home. Yet, more than two years after the chief of police, the command staff and most of the rest of the men and women in blue moved a block-and-a-half away to the sleek, AECOM-designed Police Administration Building, some 150 LAPD staffers still punch their cards each day at Parker Center.
Downtown News

FBI: Cyberattacks grow as national security menace
Cyberattacks are starting to eclipse terrorism as a threat to the country, say top officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, speaking before an audience of security professionals here at the GovSec Conference on Tuesday. "You'll see a greater prevalence of cyber-related offenses, including cyber-terrorism," predicted Ralph Boelter, assistant director of the counterterrorism division at the FBI.
PC World

Stolen high-end cars recovered at Port of L.A.
The shipping containers filled with "used fitness equipment" have given customs agents at the Port of Los Angeles a workout. Instead of exercise gear, however, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the containers held a 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia valued at $280,000 and 15 other stolen high-end vehicles headed for Hong Kong and Vietnam, officials said Tuesday.
Los Angeles Times

Uncle helps ex-cop who faked his own shooting pay $309,000 restitution to L.A.
The former Los Angeles Unified cop who faked his own shooting a year ago, prompting a lockdown of the West San Fernando Valley, was able to repay the expense thanks to an uncle who covered the $309,000 bill. The city deposited a check Tuesday from Jeffrey Stenroos, who on Jan. 19, 2011 falsely claimed he had been shot by a burglar in Woodland Hills near El Camino High School, setting off a massive manhunt and school lockdowns.
Los Angeles Daily News

Prison Realignment

Supervisors want more detail on effects of prison realignment
Los Angeles County supervisors unanimously ordered the Probation Department on Tuesday to develop clearer goals and statistics on the care of people recently released from jail or state prison. Under a new law, probation officials have been supervising about 6,000 ex-prisoners who were previously monitored by the state.
Los Angeles Times

Ballot Initiative

SEIU Local 1000, business interests prep for ballot initiative battle
Cash is beginning to flow into campaign war chests as labor and business interests prepare for an all-out brawl over a ballot measure that will ask Californians whether employee payroll deductions should fund political action committees. Stop Special Interest Money Now has received $460,000 in donations since Jan. 1 to support the measure, according to California Secretary of State filings.
Sacramento Bee

City Government

L.A. City Council weighs $4.5-million payout to wounded suspect
Following a jury's verdict that Los Angeles police officers were wrong to shoot a man they believed was armed, the City Council now must decide whether to approve a controversial $4.5-million settlement payout to the paralyzed man. The case stems from a night in September 2005, when several officers on patrol in South L.A. responded to a report of a nearby shooting.
Los Angeles Times